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ArticleNature chemistry2019

An automated platform for the enzyme-mediated assembly of complex oligosaccharides.

Tiehai Li, Lin Liu, Na Wei, Jeong-Yeh Yang, Digantkumar G Chapla, Kelley W Moremen, Geert-Jan Boons

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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74citing papers in PubMed
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Tiehai LiComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Lin LiuComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0310-5946
Na WeiComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Jeong-Yeh YangComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Digantkumar G ChaplaComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Kelley W MoremenComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1768-582X
Geert-Jan BoonsComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. gjboons@ccrc.uga.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3111-5954
University of Georgia · US

Funding

Recombinant Production of Glycosylation Enzymes for Biochem/Structural StudiesP01GM107012 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MOREMEN, KELLEY · 2013 to 2017
$7.5M
Origin of N-Glycan Site-Specific HeterogeneityR01GM130915 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KANNAN, NATARAJAN, MOREMEN, KELLEY W. · 2019 to 2022
$3.4M
Streamlining the chemoenzymatic synthesis of asymmetrical glycans of biological importanceU01GM120408 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI BOONS, GEERT-JAN · 2016 to 2019
$3.0M
Electronics Consoles for Biomolecular NMRS10RR027097 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI URBAUER, JEFFREY L · 2011 to 2011
$364k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027097NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM107012NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130915NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM120408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An automated platform that can synthesize a wide range of complex carbohydrates will greatly increase their accessibility and should facilitate progress in glycoscience. Here we report a fully automated process for enzyme-mediated oligosaccharide synthesis that can give easy access to different classes of complex glycans including poly-N-acetyllactosamine derivatives, human milk oligosaccharides, gangliosides and N-glycans. Our automated platform uses a catch and release approach in which glycosyltransferase-catalysed reactions are performed in solution and product purification is accomplished by solid phase extraction. We developed a sulfonate tag that can easily be installed and enables highly efficient solid phase extraction and product release using a single set of washing conditions, regardless of the complexity of the glycan. Using this custom-built synthesizer, as many as 15 reaction cycles can be performed in an automated fashion without a need for lyophilization or buffer exchange steps.

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OligosaccharidesCarbohydrate SequenceChemistry Techniques, SyntheticGangliosidesGlycosyltransferasesHumansMilk, HumanPolysaccharidesSolid Phase ExtractionGangliosidesGlycosyltransferasesOligosaccharidespoly-N-acetyllactosaminePolysaccharides

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PMID30792508
PMCPMC6399472
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